Notary Misconduct Flashcards
Name Change
Type: Infraction only
Amount: $500
Address Change
Type: Infraction
Amount: $500
Failure to Obtain ID
Type: Negligence
Amount: $750
Failure to Complete Acknowledgement at the time of the Notary act
Type: Negligence
Amount: $750
Failure to Discharge any of the Duties & Responsibilities of a Notary Public
Examples: failing to maintain notary journal
Type: Negligence
Amount: $750
Overcharging
Type: Negligence
Amount: $750
Practicing Law
Type: Misdemeanor
Amount: $1,000
Willfully Failing to Discharge Any of the Duties & Responsiblities of a Notary Public
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Advertisting/Immigration
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Failure to notify the SoS of unusable seal
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Making or duplicating a seal
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
False notary wording (except Acknowledgement)
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Fraud/Deceit
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Not taking Journals to County Clerks Office When No Longer a Notary
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Journal/Seal not in a Locked and Secured place
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $1,500
Thumbprints
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $2,500
Giving up journal to a Peace Officer
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $2,500
Falsifying an Acknowledgement (Forgery)
Notary or Signer
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $10,000
Not Taking ID from a Credible Witness
Type: Misdemeanor If Willful
Amount: $10,000
Acting as a Notary
Type: Misdemeanor
No Definite Amount
Falsifying Notary Wording (except Acknowledgement)
Type: Misdemeanor
No Definite Amount
Soliciting or coercing a Notary to do Something Illegal
Type: Misdemeanor
No Definite Amount
Falsifying Your Journal
Type: Misdemeanor
No Definite Amount
Destruction or Concealment of Journals
Type: Misdemeanor
No Definite Amount
Acting as a Notary (on Real Estate)
Type: Felony
Perjury or Forgery
Type: Felony
2-4 year prison sentence
No Definite Amount;
Only 2 places can happen: on Ack (b/c of penalty of perjury clause) and Notary app
Filing False Documents
Type: Felony
Amount: $75,000
